2002 in South Korea

Incumbents

• President: Kim Dae-jung
• Prime Minister:
• * Lee Han-dong until July 11,
• * Chang Sang until July 31,
• * Chang Dae-whan until August 9,
• * Kim Suk-soo

Events

• January 25: The Korea Independent Commission Against Corruption is established.
• February 21: SBS Plus is launched.
• April 15: Air China Flight 129
• June 13: Yangju highway incident
• June 29: Second Battle of Yeonpyeong
• November 29: 2002 Mnet Asian Music Awards
• December 19: 2002 South Korean presidential election

Sport

• 2002 FIFA World Cup co-hosted with Japan
• 2002 Asian Games
• 2002 K League
• 2002 Korean FA Cup
• 2002 Korean League Cup
• 2002 South Korea national football team season

Films

• List of South Korean films of 2002
• The first edition of the Korean Film Awards

Births

• January 28 - Yoo Seon-ho, actor
• February 5 - Jisung, singer
• February 20 - Yeo Seo-jeong, artistic gymnast
• March 12 - Hong Min-gi, actor
• May 7 - Bang Ye-dam, singer
• August 24 - Ji Yu-chan, swimmer
• September 10 - Cho Han-gyeol, actor
• November 27 - Yu Soo-young, para-badminton player
• December 8 - Sunghoon, singer and former figure skater